Hash::FieldHash provides the field hash mechanism which supports the inside-out
technique.
You may know Hash::Util::FieldHash. It's a very useful module, but too complex
to understand all the functions and only available in 5.10. H::U::F::Compat is
available for pre-5.10, but it seems too slow to use.
This is an alternative to H::U::F with following features:
Simpler interface
- Hash::FieldHash provides a few functions: fieldhash() and fieldhashes().
That's enough.
Higher performance
- Hash::FieldHash is faster than Hash::Util::FieldHash, because its internals
use simpler structures.
Relic support
- Although Hash::FieldHash uses a new feature introduced in Perl 5.10, the uvar
magic for hashes described in "GUTS" in Hash::Util::Fieldhash, it supports
Perl 5.8 using the traditional tie-hash layer.
WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Hash-FieldHash/

Change the way Perl modules are installed, update the default Perl to 5.18.
Before, we had:
site_perl : lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18
site_perl/perl_arch : lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18/mach
perl_man3 : lib/perl5/5.18/man/man3
Now we have:
site_perl : lib/perl5/site_perl
site_arch : lib/perl5/site_perl/mach/5.18
perl_man3 : lib/perl5/site_perl/man/man3
Modules without any .so will be installed at the same place regardless of the

- Add p5-Hash-FieldHash 0.10
Hash::FieldHash provides the field hash mechanism which supports the inside-out
technique.
You may know Hash::Util::FieldHash. It's a very useful module, but too complex
to understand all the functions and only available in 5.10. H::U::F::Compat is
available for pre-5.10, but it seems too slow to use.
This is an alternative to H::U::F with following features:
Simpler interface
- Hash::FieldHash provides a few functions: fieldhash() and fieldhashes().
That's enough.
Higher performance
- Hash::FieldHash is faster than Hash::Util::FieldHash, because its internals
use simpler structures.
Relic support
- Although Hash::FieldHash uses a new feature introduced in Perl 5.10, the uvar
magic for hashes described in "GUTS" in Hash::Util::Fieldhash, it supports
Perl 5.8 using the traditional tie-hash layer.
WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Hash-FieldHash/